I meant to say yatseniuk and klitschko are Far from fascism! Sorry about
typo.
On Tuesday, 11 March 2014, Francine Ponomarenko <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I seem to recall shortly after the Zek's other public speech! Putin
> invaded Ukraine. So, what does it mean now, with this speech. What is he
> suggesting? When he says he will return? What will Putin do? In the last
> speech you will recall he said Putin has to do something, and Putin did, he
> invaded Ukraine and this criminal "diversion" put severe pressure on the
> fledging government, and it continues. I do not believe he made the speech
> without Putin's scriptwriters. Note how he was reading it, even having
> trouble in some spots. He is clearly trying to get the west to turn their
> support away. But is Putin now supposed to go in and save the world from
> "new fascists"? It's too insane. Yatseniuk, klitschko, the whole lot of
> them are not so far from fascism and nationalism, it's a joke.
>
> On Tuesday, 11 March 2014, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Dream on -- he will return but in handcuffs
>
> It is criminal to decimate the army so that Ukraine had only 6,000 combat
> ready troops :O so Ukraine was not even in a position to defend itself.
> This no doubt was part of the master plan of Putins.
>
>
>
> Defiant Yanukovych Says He'll Return To Kyiv
>
> http://www.rferl.org/content/yanukovych-ukraine-appearance-russia-rostov-crimea/25292472.html
> By RFE/RL
> March 11, 2014
>
>
> http://www.rferl.org/media/video/25293029.html
>
> A defiant Viktor Yanukovych, ousted as Ukrainian president, has reiterated
> from exile that he is still the country's leader and remains commander of
> the country's armed forces.
>
> In a short statement delivered from the southern Russian city of
> Rostov-on-Don, Yanukovych said he is sure the armed forces would refuse to
> obey any "criminal orders" and that he intends to return to Kyiv as
> "circumstances permit," saying, "I am sure it won't be long."
>
> He added: "I want to remind everyone that I remain not only the single
> legitimate president of Ukraine, but also the supreme commander in chief
> [of the armed forces]. I did not discontinue my duties before the end of my
> term. I am alive. I have not been removed from my post by means defined in
> the constitution of Ukraine."
>
> He denounced the West as "protectors of the dark forces" currently in
> power, calling the current government "a band of ultranationalists and
> neo-fascists." He said a presidential election set for May is illegal.
>
> "In the U.S. and some other countries, they insist that I have lost my
> legitimacy as the president because I have fled the country. I repeat: I
> have not fled anywhere," Yanukovych said. "At the moment when the
> government buildings and presidential administration were seized by
> radicals, indeed, when they were seizing power in an unconstitutional way,
> with arms in their hands, I was, as you all know, in Ukraine, in Kharkiv,
> then in Donetsk, and then in Crimea. Again, at the moment of the coup, I
> did not leave the territory of Ukraine."
>
> RFE/RL LIVE BLOG on the Ukraine crisis
> http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/live-blog-crisis-in-ukraine/25287590.html
>
> He lamented that Crimea is going to secede from Ukraine, blaming the
> actions of the "extremists" in power. But he predicted the country "will
> rise up and unify."
>
> It was Yanukovych's first appearance since February 28, when he also spoke
> from Rostov-on-Don and claimed to still be Ukraine's legitimate leader.
>
> Meanwhile, pro-Russia lawmakers in Crimea, occupied by Russian forces,
> have approved a declaration on the republic's independence.
>
>
> http://www.rferl.org/content/crimea-independence-declaration-approval-parliament-ukraine-russia/25292918.html
>
> The lawmakers announced that the March 11 adoption of the declaration is a
> technical step ahead of a March 16 referendum that will ask voters whether
> Crimea should join Russia. Seventy-eight out of 81 lawmakers present voted
> in favor.
>
> Ukraine's parliament meanwhile warned the parliament in Crimea that it
> faces dissolution unless it cancels the referendum.
>
> ALSO READ: Journalists, Activists Reported Missing In Crimea
>
> http://www.rferl.org/content/journalists-activists-reported-missing-in-crimea/25291690.html
>
> Western states and the post-Yanukovych government in Kyiv have said they
> will not recognize the vote.
>
> French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says European Union sanctions could
> be imposed on Russia as early as this week.
>
> Speaking on French radio, Fabius said that if Russia responds positively,
> U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Moscow and sanctions won't be
> imposed immediately. But, he warned, if Moscow responds negatively, travel
> restrictions and sanctions targeting the assets of individual Russians
> could be implemented.
>
> "The vote is illegal and the annexation of Crimea by Russia would also be
> illegal," Fabius said. "So we cannot accept something th
>
>
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